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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ANKARA 002001 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2007) 
 
REF: ANKARA 1909 and previous 
 
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 
 
¶1. (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK 
violence in Turkey.  Our primary sources for these reports are 
mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News 
Agency, and international wire services.  While these are more 
reliable than most Turkish press sources, they are not necessarily 
unimpeachable.  A major source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) 
website which documents contacts/clashes with the PKK.  Press 
services sympathetic to the PKK, such as Neu-Isenburg People's 
Defense Forces and Firat News Agency, tend to report higher numbers 
of the Turkish Security Forces casualties and are often otherwise 
unreliable. 
 
¶2. (U) From July 24-31, 2007, two security officials were killed in 
action (KIA).  Four security officials, including one village guard, 
were wounded in action (WIA). 
 
¶3. (U) From July 24-31, two PKK terrorists were killed in action and 
six surrendered. 
 
¶4. (U) The TGS website reported five clashes between security forces 
and PKK terrorists in the region during the reporting period. 
Security forces discovered at least 12 PKK shelters/caves and seized 
booby-trapped land mines; other explosives, including A-4 and TNT; 
Kalashnikov rifles; cartridges; hand grenades; pistols; night vision 
binoculars; TV sets; satellite antennas; and radios. 
 
¶5. (U) On July 24, a group of PKKers stopped a vehicle in Tunceli, 
stole the civilian driver's cell phone and money, and set the 
vehicle on fire. 
 
¶6. (U) On July 26, a civilian in the village of Eruh, Siirt 
Province, who refused to give food to PKKers was abducted, forced 
into surrounding mountains, and killed. 
 
¶7. (U) On July 30, a civilian was injured when a land mine set by 
the PKK exploded in the mountainous region of Sirnak. 
 
¶8. (U) Activity as reported by TGS website: 
 
CLASHES    NUMBER 
 
May 2007    40 
 
June 2007    40 
 
July 1-7, 2007    5 
 
July 8-16, 2007   3 
 
July 16-23, 2007   2 
 
July 24-31, 2007   5 
 
July 2007 (full month) 15 
 
CASUALTIES 
 
Security Forces 
 
May 2007     15 KIA, 52 WIA 
 
June 2007    23 KIA, 51 WIA 
 
July 1-7, 2007    1 KIA,  4 WIA 
 
July 8-16, 2007   3 KIA,  0 WIA 
 
July 16-23, 2007   4 KIA,  6 WIA 
 
July 24-31, 2007   2 KIA,  4 WIA 
 
July 2007 (full month) 10 KIA, 14 WIA 
 
 
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PKK 
 
May 2007    20 KIA, 31 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
June 2007    34 KIA, 16 captured, 17 surrendered 
 
July 1-7, 2007    3 KIA,  0 captured, 0 surrendered 
 
July 8-16, 2007   3 KIA,  3 captured, 4 surrendered 
 
July 16-23, 2007   3 KIA,  7 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
July 24-31, 2007   2 KIA,  0 captured, 6 surrendered 
 
July 2007 (full month) 11 KIA, 10 captured,13 surrendered 
 
CACHES RECOVERED 
 
May 2007     113 
 
June 2007     50 
 
July 1-7, 2007    13 
 
July 8-16, 2007    8 
 
July 16-23, 2007    2 
 
July 24-31, 2007    5 
 
July 2007 (full month)  28 
 
¶9. (U) Following are the casualty figures for 2007. 
 
TURKISH SECURITY FORCES 
     KIA   WIA 
 
JANUARY    1   2 
 
FEBRUARY    1   0 
 
MARCH    5   4 
 
APRIL     18   16 
 
MAY     15   42 
 
JUNE     24   51 
 
July 1-7, 2007   1    4 
 
July 8-16, 2007  3   0 
 
July 16-23, 2007  4   6 
 
July 24-31, 2007  2   4 
 
July 2007 (full month) 10   14 
 
TOTAL    74   139 
 
 
PKK 
    KIA  Captured  Surrendered 
 
JANUARY   0  5    3 
 
FEBRUARY   0  14    0 
 
MARCH   16  15    7 
 
APRIL    16  8    4 
 
MAY    20*  31    3 
 
JUNE    34  16    17 
 
 
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July 1-7, 2007  3  0     0 
 
July 8-16, 2007 3  3    4 
 
July 16-23, 2007 3  7    3 
 
July 24-31, 2007 2  0    6 
 
July 2007(full month)11  10    13 
 
TOTAL   97  99    47 
 
* Includes PKK suicide bomber from May 22 attack in Ankara 
 
CIVILIANS 
     KIA     WIA 
 
JANUARY    0     0 
 
FEBRUARY    1     0 
 
MARCH    0     0 
 
APRIL     1     0 
 
MAY        14*       108* 
 
JUNE     1      1 
 
July 1-7, 2007   0      0 
 
July 8-16, 2007  0     1 
 
July 16-23, 2007  0     1 
 
July 24-31, 2007  1     1 
 
July 2007 (full month) 1     3 
 
TOTAL       18       114 
 
* Includes 9 KIA and 100 WIA from May 22 Ankara bombing. 
 
MCELDOWNEY